> (Claude Code got mandated at my work this week. Like literally engineers must use CC.)

I'm taking a break from this industry until the madness blows over. I cannot even, anymore.

> (Claude Code got mandated at my work this week. Like literally engineers must use CC.)

As I haven't been a typical full-time employee in software development for some time, could you possibly just like leak the entire email where this was announced or something? (open invitation to others who could too, if parent cannot) I'm very curious to see how it was announced and what possible reasoning they could have for that.

Don't get me wrong, I use agents for lots of coding too, but forcing people to use tools they might not want to use doesn't feel like the right way. I was also allowed to use vim whenever I wanted for most of my career, something that feels more and more rare when speaking with people just starting their careers now.

> And we don't even know it, don't realize it? don't care?

People here are warning about this daily. And outside this tech bubble full of people trying to profit from it, higher percentages of people elsewhere do realize and do care.